The Grizzly Bear Diaries

War & Wilderness

Listen now (11 min) | I talk to Deutsche Welle about my time as a war correspondent, my decision to move to the Canadian wilderness, and why I now split…

Apr 30 •

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Bear Rehab

I had never seen so many bears in one place. And they came in all shapes and sizes. Some tall and lanky, as if their frame had been built first and the…

Mar 21 •

Julius Strauss

Wild Bear Vets 2023

Announcing our new charity initiative to help injured Ukrainian soldiers

Mar 1 •

Julius Strauss

Three Weeks in Ukraine

I have just returned from three weeks in eastern Ukraine, where I was writing for my newsletter Back to the Front (and The Spectator) and doing research…

Feb 10 •

Julius Strauss

Back in Ukraine

A year after I last visited I am back in Ukraine. My plan is to head for Kyiv and points east for a week or so before researching possibilities for a…

Jan 18 •

Julius Strauss

Wild Bear Lodge 2023

I can’t pretend I wasn’t a little nervous. It was to be the first season I had run at Wild Bear Lodge since Covid first struck – and the first since…

Jan 1 •

Julius Strauss

Packing for a Mountain Trip

The trail was getting steeper, the brush thicker, and I was carrying a voluminous backpack containing a two-man tent, winter-rated sleeping bag …

Jul 9, 2022 •

Julius Strauss

Wilderness Calling

Spring in Europe is beautiful - but it's not a patch on having a wild grizzly bear on your front lawn

May 6, 2022 •

Julius Strauss

The Grizzly Bear Diaries

The story of a British war correspondent who moved to the Canadian wilderness and set up a bear-viewing lodge. And what happened next. By Julius Strauss. Since 2006. (Formerly the Bearly Surviving blog).

Back to the Front

Julius's newsletter about Ukraine, Russia, Afghanistan and the Balkans

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